Value of a College Education Those who are currently looking for work will find a college degree is a requirement, at one level or another, in nearly all domains. There was a time when knowledge and experience were enough to start a career, and the only areas that may have required a degree were specialized fields that required years of education and training. The benefits of a college education far outweigh the time and effort …showed first 75 words of 1322 total…

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